Food services

Managed Restaurants

We directly manage 2 restaurants where, every day, you can choose between 3 types of first courses, 4 second courses, 2 hot side dishes and a rich salad buffet. If you prefer, we also have pizza, cheese, cold dishes, salads and much more.

Affiliated Canteens

Thanks to 13 agreements with various institutions and restaurants, we offer you the opportunity to enjoy a meal in other areas of Padua and the University. A variety of options to make the Unipd experience accessible and tasty.

Food Options – Today

Access to Food Services

Install the ESUPd.EAT App

Users access the computerized university canteens Nord Piovego, Agripolis, Pio X, Murialdo, Casa del Fanciullo, CIELS, Vicenza, Rovigo Censer with the personal QR CODE generated by the ESUPd.EAT app.
Notice: please make sure that all the due payments and enrollment fees are paid, otherwise the account will not be activated.
Make also sure to register with all your names and family names, as they are in your ID/passport.
The account is activated automatically upon registration but such process might take up to 72 hours.

Check out the video tutorial to setup the app:

Electronic Wallet

The electronic wallet is a prepaid credit through PagoPA that can be spent at:
Nord Piovego food service (cashier 1)
Agripolis food service (cashier 3)
Canteen of the Padua Hospital (access reserved for students and healthcare specialists) Canteen of the Treviso Ca’ Foncello Hospital (access reserved for students and healthcare specialists).
Notice: the top up takes about one hour to be credited.

Download the electronic wallet top-up guide

Canteens at Padua Hospital and at Treviso Hospital

Students and specialists in the healthcare field can also access the canteen of the Padua Hospital and the canteen of the Padova Hospital and the Treviso Ca’ Foncello Hospital by BOOKING a meal, through the ESUPd.EAT App.

Download the guide

Paper Meal Vouchers – other canteens

Paper meal vouchers are used only in a few canteens.
You need the ESUPd.EAT app most of the canteens so please double check below if the canteen you are going to is among the ones that use paper meal vouchers.
With paper meal vouchers, students and specialists of the University of Padua can access the following non-computerized facilities:
San Donà di Piave Hospital (access reserved for Medicine and Surgery and Health Professions students and specialists)
Portogruaro Hospital (access reserved for Medicine and Surgery and Health Professions students and specialists)
Cittadella Hospital (access reserved for Medicine and Surgery and Health Professions students and specialists);
Ospedali Riuniti Padova Sud in Schiavonia – Monselice (access reserved for Medicine and Surgery and Health Professions students and specialists)
Vicenza Hospital (access reserved for Medicine and Surgery and Health Professions students and specialists);
Feltre Hospital (access reserved for Medicine and Surgery and Health Professions students and specialists);
Rovigo Hospital (access reserved for Medicine and Surgery and Health Professions students and specialists);
Rovigo at Caffè Nazionale (access reserved for students of the Rovigo Conservatory).
For all the other canteens not mentioned above, students need to use the ESUPd.EAT app.

Paper meal vouchers must be purchased in advance online on the Student Dashboard [Sportello Studenti] and collected by showing the payment receipt at the Student Office [Segreteria Studenti] of your degree course.

Download the paper meal vouchers guide

The food service card, meal reservations and paper meal vouchers are strictly personal and cannot be transferred.

The owner is responsible for their safekeeping and use. Improper use (like the transfer to third parties) of the food service card, meal reservation or paper meal voucher is sanctioned according to the rules for access to university food services.

Each student has the right to consume only one meal per day at midday and only one in the evening. Students who are entitled to a free meal can use it either for lunch or dinner.

View and download useful documentation